“He was very convincing. He said he was going to spray the bedroom told her to leave. I guess he put on a mask or something to make it look real and he sprayed some smelly stuff and told her not to go back in for half an hour and he left with her jewelry,” Citrano said.

Police describe the suspect as a black or Hispanic male 28 to 35 years old with a stocky build and thin moustache.

Arlene Sherman said her skin is crawling because he’s still out there on the streets.

“It’s very scary because I’m all by myself right now,” Sherman said.

In the building where the thief most recently struck, residents held an emergency security meeting hoping to make sure this doesn’t happen again here.

“We should really have cameras around the co-op, but we don’t so people have to really monitor themselves here,” Sherman said.

Resident Tamara Skiditskya had this advice: “Don’t open if you don’t know who it is.”

Cops agree. Police advise never letting anyone inside your house unless you know them or are expecting them.

The super posted fliers in the building urging residents to be on alert until the criminal is caught.